McIDAS-XCD Administrator's Guide
Version 2018.1

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Uninstalling the Previous Version of McIDAS-XCD

Use the steps below to uninstall the previous version of McIDAS-XCD from your workstation. The instructions below use 2017.2 as an example of the version being uninstalled. If you are uninstalling a different version, specify it in place of "2017.2" in the instructions below.

  1. Open a Unix window and log on to the workstation as user oper.

  2. Change to the ~oper/mcidas directory.

    3. Type: cd ~oper/mcidas

  3. Run the shell script xcd_init to initialize the environment variables needed to remove the McIDAS-XCD 2017.2 package.

    4. Type: . ./xcd2017.2/xcd_init

  4. Run the shell script xcd2017.2.sh option to remove the McIDAS-XCD 2017.2 source files, data files and help files.

    5. Type: sh ./xcd2017.2.sh uninstall all

  5. Remove the client redirections by entering the command below from the McIDAS-X Text and Command Window.

    6. Type: BATCH RMXCDDEC.BAT

  6. Switch to user mcidas.

    7. Type: su mcidas

  7. Run the shell script xcd2017.2.sh option to remove the weather text and observation servers.

    8. Type: sh ./xcd2017.2.sh uninstall addeservers

  8. Exit from user mcidas.

    9. Type: exit

  9. Remove the McIDAS-XCD 2017.2 installation files.

    10. Type: rm xcd2017.2.tar.Z

    Type: rm xcd_README_2017.2

    Type: rm xcd2017.2.sh

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